Cephalodella gracilis "var." lenticulata Wulfert 1938b
Cephalodella gracilis "var" lenticulata; this morphotype is characterized by pleural rods, the left of which can be seen in the left image (arrowhead; optical median section). Also visible is the fulcrum. Right image: same specimen; focal plane on the left side with corona.
Cephalodella gracilis "var" lenticulata; left image: in contrast to the description of Wulfert (1938) this morphotype has a pigmented eyespot with a lens. The arrows in both images point to the 4 nuclei of the vitellarium. right image: compressed specimen gives evidence that there are only 4 nuclei.
see also : >>> Cephalodella gracilis
 
Images courtesy of Dr. Martin Kreutz; Litzelstetten.
Location: "MainauTümpel", near Konstanz/ Germany
Habitat: on artificially exposed coverslide
Date: 18.09.2019
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